A cherenkov radiation detector with high density aerogels

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1475-1478

  Cremaldi, Lucien ^a   Sanders, David A ^a   Sonnek, Peter ^a   Summers, Don J ^a   Reidy, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Oxford High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogels; Cherenkov detectors; Mesons; Particle beam measurements; Particle identification.

Indexed keywords

APPLETON; CHERENKOV DETECTORS; CHERENKOV LIGHT; CHERENKOV RADIATIONS; HIGH DENSITY; MESONS; PARTICLE BEAM MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION.; TEST BEAM;

AEROGELS; CERENKOV COUNTERS; DETECTORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; REFRACTION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 67649224042     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2021266     Document Type: Article

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